# Replication files for "Does Direct Democracy Increase Communicative Responsiveness? A Field Experiment with Swiss Politicians"

This memo provides information on the files and their content used in the analyses presented in the paper "Does Direct Democracy Increase Communicative Responsiveness? A Field Experiment with Swiss Politicians". The analyses were performed using Stata 12.1 and R version 3.3.2.

## Data

1. Field experiment data

`swiss-mps.dta` was used for the main analyses presented in the paper.

2. Direct democracy index data

`cantons-data.dta` was used to plot the map illustrating the variation in the scope of participatory rights in Swiss cantons.

3. Shapefile for Swiss cantons

`swiss-cantons.zip` contains the shapefile for Swiss cantons. Unpack the file before running the analysis if you want to replicate the map.

## Syntax file

The syntax file `syntax_reseach&politics.do` provides the code for all tables and figures presented in the paper except the power analysis. The analyses use multilevel logistic regression models with random effects for the canton level. To replicate the results, just change the global `PATH` to the folder that contains the replication files.

The syntax file `power-analysis.R` includes all code for the power analysis and creates the figure presented in the text.

## Log files

The Stata log file `log_file_reseach&politics.txt` provides all the outputs with results from the software that was used for the analysis.
